Connecticut Sun unveil new jerseys inspired by Mohegan Tribe and late elder and social justice advocate Gladys Tantaquidgeon

By SHAWN MCFARLAND HARTFORD COURANT  |APR 08, 2021 AT 10:03 AM

It’s fitting that Gladys Tantaquidgeon — the late Mohegan elder and pioneer for social justice — will have her legacy continue through the Connecticut Sun and the WNBA, a team and league often on the forefront of equality and equity

Tantaquidgeon, who died in 2005 at the age of 106, was the Mohegan Tribe’s medicine woman, a tribal council member, studied anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania in the early 1900′s, worked with the Bureau of Indian Affairs, served as a librarian at the Niantic Women’s Prison in the 40′s, wrote several books, founded a museum and played an integral role in having her tribe federally recognized. Read more HERE.